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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1001
RECOLLECTIONS OP BELLAMY.
Madness, as Polonlus once observed,
often makes a happy hit which reason
and sanity could not so prosperously
"be delivered of; and there is a passage
in Edward Bellamy's "Looking- Back
ward" that seems curiously apt in view
of recent developments. He says:
Small businesses, as far as they still re
mained, were reduced to the condition of rats
and mice, living in holes and corners, and
courting or evading notice for the enjoyment
of existence The Tailroads had gone on com
bining till a few great syndicates controlled
eery rail in the land. In manufactures, every
important staple was controlled by a syndi
cate. These syndicates, pools, trusts, or
-whatever their name, fixed .prices and crushed
all pompetltion except when combinations as
vast as themselves arose. Then a struggle,
resulting in still greater consolidation, ensued.
It Is thirteen years since this was
written, and the rise of trusts and the
growth of department stores, which
".Looking Backward" also describes,
certainly give us a striking coincidence.'
Mr. Bellamy, it will be remembered, did
not ultimately condemn these great
combinations of capital, though he
freely indulged wild talk about the rich
growing richer and the poor poorer;
out in his rhapsodical romance he made
these private corporations merely a
stepping-stone to one immense syndi
cate, embracing the whole people and
the 3overnment, which took charge of
all business and production. Something
like this may yet come to pass, either
"by Government absorbing business or
by business absorbing Government
These immense combinations of capital
are growing so rapidly that if the move
ment keeps up, some of them would
soon make very little to-do over Inci
dentally handling the affairs of a small
concern like the United States Govern
ment "Whatever is to come will come,
and .the most anybody can do, appar
ently, is to look on and try to keep
track of the movement, and if possible
explain it To foresee is difficult, and
to control is apparently impossible.
Is it better for trusts to control the
Government or for the Government to
control the trusts? He would have
hardihood indeed who should advocate
delivery of the Government over to the
corporations. Tet as such a thing may
actually come to pass, it should be
looked at in all its aspects. The busi
ness world, we know from history, has
never had much of a show with gov
ernment The personal, hereditary and
proprietary forms of rule have simply
preyed upon, trade and production.
Even" now the heavy hand of taxes and
embargoes is laid upon Industry even in
the freest countries. But there is no
use "blinking the two facts that Gov
ernment is increasingly amenable to
business demands, and that powerful
minds are gravitating to business In
stead of public life. The Alexanders
and Napoleons of our day are not the
McKinleys and Bryans, but the Carne
gies and Pierpont Morgans. These men
are pretty certain to have their way,
not only because of their towering gen
ius and force of character, but because
they represent the industrial interests
of the country, which are simply and
undeniably paramount Man in Amer
ica today is not concerned with secur
ing freedom of speech or trial by jury
or liberty of worship or representation
through the ballot What he Is con
cerned in is a chance to work, to do
business, to spend or save or bestow
what his efforts bring him. Therefore
it is a considerable undertaking to say
that Presidents as Presidents go or
Congress as Congresses go should have
uncontrolled power over trade and in
dustry. "We are fain to demand that our great
corporations be brought to book and
humbled at the knees of, let us say,
Congress. But when you come to look
at the average Congressman, how much
superior is he to Carnegie or Morgan,
or J. J. Hill or Harriman? Does he
know more, is his capacity greater, will
his Integrity endure a heavier strain?
Would a man's property or his job be
safer in the hands of the Bepubllcan or
Democratic National Committee, or the
Republican or Democratic Congres
sional caucus, than it would be in the
hands of Mr. Morgan's conference at
Broad and Wall streets?
We do not answer these queries, but
merely throw them out as suggestions.
They are worth thinking about, but
what any one thinks is likely to make
little difference, and it will make but
little more difference what any one
does, for great social movements like
these pursue courses that are almost as
hard to direct as they are to foresee.
The letter of Professor William
Crookes, the English scientist to Colo
nel Olcott quoted by a correspondent
does not show "'how Colonel Olcott is
regarded in England"; it only shows
how he is regarded by Professor
Crookes, who has for many years been
a believer in "spirit materialization."
He is not the- first eminent man who,
like the famous Dr. Johnson, has been
a ready believer in miracles and ap
paritions. Johnson "would not believe
in Ossian, but he was willing to believe
In second sight; he would not believe In
the earthquake of Lisbon, but was will
ing to believe In the Oock Lane ghost"
GOVERNMENT JJEGLIGEXCE.
The Columbia River lightship, after
remaining in the grasp of the Pacific
for eighteen months, is at last in a fair
way to reach her station In a short time.
The ocean stubbornly resisted all at
tempts to take the vessel back to deep
water by the route which she followed
in going ashore, and a great many
thousand dollars were lost in attempt
ing to make her follow that route. The
contract price which the Government
must pay for saving the vessel and
placing her in repair aggregates $28,
000. The work performed by the light
house tenders and Government em
ployes in connection with the efforts to
save the vessel probably represented a
cost of several thousand dollars addi
tional. The money loss, however, is
small in comparison with the value of
life and property that has been left in
jeopardy for eighteen months through
the absence of the ship from her sta
tion. The history of the numerous unsuc
cessful attempts to save this vessel and
unnecessary delays attendant thereon
would indicate that the Government Is
very much in need of a marine expert
to look after Its floating property. We
have the Sampsons and Hobsons to look
after the pink teas and write magazine
articles from a marine standpoint We
also have a few Corblns to uphold our
dignity from a landsman's point of
view, but we are woefully shy on men
who have a practical knowledge of tak
ing care of Government property.
Whenever a big shipping firm carrying
its own insurance finds one of its ves
sels ashore in any part of the world it
immediately dispatches an expert to the
scene of the wreck, and If It is within
the range of possibilities to save the
vessel she is back in deep water in short
order. There is no apparent good rea
son why the same business-like meth
ods should not apply to Government
work In the same lines.
The Columbia River lightship was
saved by a Portland housemover and
a Portland ship-liner. The occupation
or trade of neither of these men has
any direct connection with that of sav
ing stranded ships, and yet they have
succeeded in doing in less than sixty
days what the Government and the men
working under Government contract
had failed to do in sixteen months. The
Government has about fifty lightships
scattered around the American sea
coast and some of them have been
ashore several times. Fortunately for
shipping, they were stranded on the At
lantic Coast, "where sufficient pressure
was brought to bear to get them back
into deep water in less than eighteen
months. The stranding of the British
bark Poltalloch is the only disaster that
is directly traceable to the absence of
the lightship from her station off the
mouth of the river, but that there were
no more disasters was due to good luck,
and not to the foresight of the Govern
ment in attending to the needs of navi
gation in this vicinity.
BEFORE AXD AFTER.
Persons with ordinary memories will
recall that not longer ago than this time
last year we had a municipal and legis
lative campaign here in Portland and
Multnomah County. A great deal was
then done and printed, and In It all
there was nothing more highly regarded
by certain very prominent "politicians
than a variety of literature which was
industriously circulated, and which, It
may as well be here and now recorded,
cut considerable figure In the result of
the June election. For example:
CITIZENS:
The great Importance of the coming election
lies in the fact that the people of Multnomah
County, irrespective of party, are uniting to
secure political freedom. If jour CITIZENS'
LEGISLATIVE TICKET Is elected the BING
HAM PRIMARY LAW will be adopted and
the power of the Mackay-Glass-Farrell ring
and all other political rings forever broken.
Also for example:
THOSE who believe In the BINGHAM DI
RECT PRIMARY LAW;
THOSE who believe that no central commit
tee or individual Is entitled to usurp the right
of the people to name their candidates for of
fice; THOSE who are opposed to slate conventions
and cut-and-dried tickets;
THOSE who object to having the registry
stuffed with the names of hobos and repeaters;
THOSE who want honest elections and a fair
count.
AND THOSE who think it's about time to
dispense with the services of the Senatorial
officeholders,
WILL "VOTE THE CITIZENS' LEGISLATIVE
TICKET.
Mark your ticket as shown below:
COUNTY.
For State Senators. Vote for Four.
31 X HUNT. JAMES, E., of Portland
32 X.INMAN, R. D.. of Portland
33 X MAYS. F. P., of Portland
34 X SMITH, ANDREW C of Portland...
Citizens' Ticket.
That is all, except that these gentle
men were all elected and the Bingham
direct primary law was thrown into the
back yard. If pledges were perform
ance, how much less type it would take
to print the promises of our cunning
reformers!
FEAST DAYS LIVE; FAST DAYS DIE
Yesterday was Fast day In New
Hampshire. Governor Jordan, In his of
ficial proclamation appointing April IS
Fast day, expressed the hope that the
people would observe it as a real fast
day "by abstaining from excessive eat
ing and drinking, from all sports and
festivities"; that they would "assemble
at their respective places of worship
and there review their lives, recount
their many departures from "the path
of right justice, honor, truth and vir
tue." It Is not likely that the appeal of
the Governor was heeded by any large
number of the people of New Hamp
shire. A similar appeal was made last
year by Governor Rollins in his Fast
day proclamation, but the people of
New Hampshire, who were not too old
or infirm to indulge in sports and fes
tivities, and were not young enough to
be forced Into church-going, did not
keep the day as a fast, but as
a feast, for a very large number
of them poured over the line into Mas
sachusetts and attended the civil and
military celebration of "Patriots' day"
at Concord and Lexington.
The Governor of New Hampshire
means well, but he cannot expect any
large number of people to keep Fast
day as did the Puritans, who Instituted
it Fast days meant something to the
Puritans, for-they were proclaimed on
the heels of some severe struggle
like the famous fight to the finish
with King Philip of Pokanoket and his
bloody-minded savages. But the New
England Fast day long ago became so
obsolete that Massachusetts no longer
gives it official recognition, and it only
survives in the little seven-by-nlne New
England States that keep prohibition
on their statute books.
Fifty years ago Fast day was univer
sally devoted by the young people of
New England to outdoor sports, such
as baseball, equestrian excursions, trout
fishing, etc., and today Fast day in any
sanctified sense has no popular recogni
tion. When Memorial day has come to
be a popular holiday, nobody need ex
pect to revive any religious interest in
Fast day. And the people are right in
the opening day of Spring to devote the
day to recreation rather than pretend
ing to a "solemnity that they do not and
cannot feel.
The dead past has to bury its dead.
There Is no resurrection day for Puritan
fasts. If they had ever had any feast
days, they would still be honored with
recognition; for their days of Thanks
giving live in the form of a feast day,
a day of good .cheer and good fellow
ship. A PROGRESSIVE CATHOLIC.
Archbishop Ireland, in his address at
Dubuque on Wednesday last, uttered
words of patriotic counsel to his fellow
Catholics when he urged them not to
cultivate a
disposition to criticise every moment, to re
joice In criticising, to exaggerate faults, to
pile up grievances, to grumble perpetually.
Such a disposition is unpatriotic and does most
serious harm to the Catholic faith in the ejes
of intelligent and earnest Americans. Let it
disappear for good. Surely the time has come
to leave off the old spirit which days of real
persecution in olden times did beget, to live
of the present and the future, and to reach
courageously but honorably forward towards
the elevation of our people to the character as
well as to the condition of free men. Let us
be Just to America.
Archbishop Ireland Is a statesman,
as well as a priest and a preacher. He.
has read the history of America In the
past, and he has observed that public
opinion has steadily risen in the direc
tion of vastly increased toleration, not
only from the bitter anti-Catholic pol
icy of the days when Belcher was co
lonial Governor of Massachusetts, but
from that of comparatively recent times
of fifty years ago. It is true that abso
lute separation of church and state is
among the fundamental principles of
our Government; It is true that it was
placed there with the approval of our
greatest statesmen, and that leading
Protestant clergymen of the original
thirteen states supported it because the
Presbyterians remembered that their
fathers and grandfathers had had a
taste of persecution at the hands of the
Anglican Church under the Stuarts, and
they had fought the war 'for independ
ence to victorious conclusion far more
because they wanted a church always
without a state bishop than because
they were afraid of a King.
The dread that the despotism of a
state church might at no distant day be
Imposed on the colonies made the Scotch
Presbyterians persist obstinately In the
fight for independence and furnish the
majority of the rank and file of the
armies of the Revolution. No union of
church and state was likely to be in
cluded among the fundamental princi
ples of government, and yet more than
half a century after the death of Wash
ington there was a good deal of igno
rant anti-Catholic l prejudice which
found a limited political expressf6n as
late as 1856. Between 1830 and 1840 a
Catholic convent was burned by the
mob in Charleston, Mass., and a Cath
olic Church was burned by the mob In
Philadelphia. This anti-Catholic craze
was originally stimulated by a
few fanatical preachers, but it not
only never had any support from the
great mass of the Protestant clergy, but
received the most vigorous denuncia
tion. When William H. Seward was can
didate for re-election as Governor of
New Tork In 1840 he was opposed by
an anti-Catholic faction because In hls4
message he had recommended that the'
children of foreigners "and especially
Catholics should be taught by teachers
of their own denomination. Because of
this he became the target of every sec
tarian bigot He was held as intriguing
with Archbishop Hughes to subvert the
school system, to undermine the Protes
tant religion, to overthrow republican
institutions for the purpose of winning
over Catholic voters to the Whig party.
Sundayschool teachers, canting preach
ers and fanatical laymen joined in the
cry against Governor Seward, and de
clared that" he was a "betrayer of the
innocent to the wiles of the scarlet
woman"; that he was "himself a Jesuit
and in league with the pope." It was
fortunate that two notable Protestant
clergymen were as responsible for the
recommendation to educate the children
of foreign parents as the Governor was
himself. Before completing his mes
sage Governor Seward had submitted
his views to Rev. Dr. Nott, the Pres
byterian president of Union College, and
to Rev. Dr. Luckey, an eminent clergy
man of the Methodist Church. Both
of them warmly approved his recom
mendations favoring the' establishment
of schools In New York in which teach
ers might instruct pupils speaking the
same language and professing the same
faith. Catholic Archbishop Hughes at
tempted, with Intelligent and well
known Catholics, to hold meetings ap
proving of Governor Seward's action.
These meetings were mobbed by the
Tammany Hall Democratic leaders, on
the ground that Bishop Hughes was
trying to transfer- a portion of the Irish
vote to the Whigs. Seward stood his
ground, but, while re-elected, he was
several thousand votes behind General
Harrison.
Archbishop Hughes, like Archbishop
Ireland, was an intensely patriotic
American, who on the outbreak of our
Civil War spoke for the Union and went
to Europe on a confidential diplomatic
mission at the request of Mr. Seward,
then Secretary of State. During the
terrible draft riots of July, 1863, Arch
bishop Hughes was conspicuous for his
patriotic language and attitude. Arch
bishop Ireland served as a Chaplain
in the Union Army, and was a warm
personal friend of General Philip H.
Sheridan. By his whole life and his
language Archbishop Ireland has
proved his right to be called the leader
of the progressive wing of the
Catholic Church In this country,
even as Archbishop Corrlgan, of
New York City, is the leader of
the non-progressive Catholic Bour
bons who were wont to damn with faint
praise the American public schools,
while Archbishop Ireland was influen
tial in procuring from the pope an order
prohibiting the old-time excommunica
tion of Catholic communicants who per
sisted in preferring the public to the
parochial school. Bishop Ireland be
lieves in the American public school;
believes that It Is necessary to the edu
cation of all children of all churches
to patriotism, and in this view he has
the sympathy and support of conspicu
ous Catholic clergymen, like Cardinal
Gibbons and Bishop Keane. The pro
gressive Catholic is not seeking a griev
ance; he rejoices with Bishop Ireland,
that his church has larger freedom In
America than in any other country in
the world. He believes in his parochial
schools, and yet he believes the Amer
ican public school Is the place to teach
patriotism.
Certain sections of Idaho do not yet
seem to be surfeited with experience
In martial law. At all events, the dis
orderly element Is again rampant in
Gem, the seat of many disturbances In
times past, and the indications are that
somebody in the plural number) will
get hurt there ih the near future unless
counsel Is taken of discretion and pis
tols are put up. At present, in the
words of the newsgatherer, "relations
between conflicting elements there are
badly strained." This, in the lawless
mining district of Idaho, means that
some irresponsible shooting is likely to
occur at any moment, followed by
lynching, and that in turn by a heavy
accounting with the civil authorities,
and later, if history is faithfully fol
lowed, with the military power. It may
be hoped that tbejpeople of the section
of Idaho of wfilch Gem Is the disor
derly center have learned the lesson of
the past few months to some profit, to
the end that In the future riots there
may be checked and murders punished
promptly and by due process of civil
law.
James G. Clarke, for the past half
century a resident of Douglas County,
and widely known .throughout Its limits,
recently paid the penalty of misplaced
confidence so often exacted of the simple-minded
aged by being sent to the
Insane Asylum, there to spend his few
remaining days. Mounting wearily and
with mental and physical stumbling
the last decade of a century of life,
the fate has come upon him which he
hoped to avert by the bestowal several
years ago of his farm upon a friend in
return for the promise of home and care
while he should live. His commitment
to the Asylum, after his fall into senil
ity, Is the familiar sequel to a story as
old as human trust and human Ingrat
itude. He will doubtless receive much'
better care In the Asylum than he
would have received from the grudged
dole of his beneficiary a consideration
that renders his case the less pitiful
while deepening the reproach which
just and humane men visit upon his
recreant caretaker.
Cape Nome, unknown except to a few
mariners and compilers of maps until
within very recent years, already boasts
Its "pioneers." Or, perhaps more cor
rectly speaking, a few men boast the
title of "Nome pioneers" and proceed to
banquet each other as heroes. This
makes the fifty to sixty years covered
by the lives of Oregon pioneers seem
a very long period, and their achieve
ment a matter of remote history. Even
as the hard-worked term "veteran" is
made to designate beardless youth" who
enlisted but now for the war with
Spain, so the term "pioneer" has ex
panded to' meet the demands of a vain
glorious spirit The expansion does not
In either case, reflect added dignity or
venerationvupon the title.
The danger of 'surf bathing at this
season of the year, to say nothing of
the chill discomfort endured when this
danger is successfully defied, finds
startling illustration in the sudden
death from the arrest of circulation of
Mrs. H. T. Hudson, at Long Beach,
Wednesday. The wonder In the case
Is, not that the courageous bather died
upon coming out of her second bath In
the Icy waters of the ocean, but that
she survived without injury a similar
experience of the day before. The oc
currence is a lamentable one, and rep
resents both a warning and a blow.
The latter can only be deplored; It may
be hoped that those Inclined to take
risks of this kind will profit by the
former.
The statement that cars will be run
ning on the City & Suburban exten
sion to Rlvervlew Cemetery by Decora
tion day will be gladly received. This
beautiful resting-place of the dead has
been practically deserted by the living
for some months, and not only those
whose household graves are there, but
a much larger public, will be glad of
the opportunity to reach the sightly and
beautiful grounds without the fatigue
incident to climbing the hill.
The superior acumen residing In these
great steel combinations rises superior
to the clashes with laborers which are
wont to distinguish the proceedings of
less sagacious managers. It is easy to
see that annihilation of strikes and
lockouts, If it is reached by the trusts
and the federated unions, will go far
towards abating popular wrath against
both these expressions of the socialistic
tendency.
In showing up each other's selfish
purposes, and In hanging up street im
provements and collection of taxes, our
energetic fellow-citizens are giving un
mistakable evidence of acuteness and
persistence. Would that somebody
could make an eaual demonstration in
care for the public weal!
If President McKlnley believes all he
hears of Seattle In Tacoma and all he
hears of Tacpma In Seattle, he will
leave the Pacific Coast with a very
pleasant Impression of Portland.
Portland has been prompt to follow
the example of other cites In crusades
against vice. Now other cities are
making crusades against their dirty
streets. Let us get in line.
Like Grover Cleveland, Wu Ting
Fang and other distinguished victims
of yellow journalism, Minister Loomis
didn't say It
When the fool-killer thinks he is going
to get a day off, somebody starts
to voyage around the world In a canoe.
Learning tlie Wrong Things.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Hawaiian Legislature is half-v"v
through Its session, and has passed but
one bill, 'Which provided money for its
own expenses. The whole time has been
taken up in wrangling over rules and
points, of order. Hawaii seems to be
learning ,the wors of American ways
first
THE GROWTH OF ADVERTISING.
New York Tribune.
Much has been said in criticism of Mr.
Bryan's Commoner, and even his best
friends would doubtless admit that thus
far the contents of that curious publica
tion are. not calculated to add to the repu
tation of its editor and proprietor. But
even If Its reading matter were much
better than It Is, the entire absence from
it of any advertisements would seriously
detract from Its interest. For, startling
as the statement may seem, although the
editor of a publication prints advertise
ments to Increase the Income of his paper,
and not primarily to make it more Inter
esting to Its readers, In point of fact ad
vertisements do interest a great many peo
ple, and a daily paper or magazine that
should discontinue printing them would
soon experience a serious decline in -Its
circulation as well as its bank account.
The advertising columns In today's issue
of the Tribune represent a side, and a
most Important side, of the great living,
pulsating world, which, ror obvious rea
sonst cannot and should not find expres
sion In Its news columns,- and, therefore,
these advertisements are an essential part
of the dally world's record to which all
readers turn, as certainly as they do In
the various features of news. There are
two principles at work; first, the adver
tisements interest the readers of the pa
per, and, second, the paper is thereby
made a more valuable advertising medium
for the advertisers. While it Is the first
duty of the editor to print the news, It
is no less his duty to print all legitimate
advertisements, because by so doing he
will add materially to the attractiveness
and value of his paper. And so far as
the Tribune is concerned, It may interest
readers and advertisers alike to know that
during the past month the Tribune's well
filled advertising pages have exceeded
in both space and money value those of
any previous month in the whole CO years
of this journal's existence.
In the last quarterly publication of the
American Statistical Association, Sidney
A. Sherman gives an Instructive sketch
of the great growth of modern advertising
and the important part it has come to
play as one of the forces of civilization.
Fifty years ago there was little advertis
ing In the dally or periodical publications,
and as a rule advertisements were Inar
tistic and unattractive In form and crude
in conception. Today it Is estimated that
advertising Influences sales to the amount
of 510,000,000,000, and that on, the basis of
5 per cent as an average this represents
an annual outgo for advertising of $500,
000.000. The largest advertiser In the world Is
said to be a sewing-machine company,
though It reckons Its payments to can
vassers as advertising. One soap manu
facturing concern" spends about $1,000,000
a year in advertising, and an appropria
tion of from $300,000 to $500,000 a year for
advertising is by no means uncommon in
the business world. Mr. Sherman thinks
that up to a certain point the so-called
trust method of doing business is inimical
to advertising, as it tends to elimlate
competition. But the facts hardly justify
this view, because many of the business
concerns, as, for Instance, Iron mills, that
become consolidated, never advertise any
way, and others apparently can only re
main monopolists, as against an army
of rivals who want to become monopolists
themselves, by liberal and constant ap
peals to the public through the advertis
ing columns of the dally press.
The progress of advertising has been
great in the United States during the last
few years, and there Is comparatively 11U
tie of the offensive advertising that makes
the railway stations and omnibuses in
England so hideous. Moreover, the news
paper advertising In the English papers
Is, on the whole, less attractive than
the advertising In American papers. The
English advertisements aro too bald, too
prosy and too mechanical In their make
up. The art of writing and displaying
advertisements has made great progress
In this country. Advertising, in fact, has
been put In the hands of specialists, who
have made an exhaustive study of the
subject. But, great as has been the
progress of advertising, it Is by no means
as general as It ought to be. Nearly two
thirds of the large general advertisers
are to be found In the New England
States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania and Delaware. About a third of
them are in New York State. Outside
of this state Massachusetts and Illinois
lead all the other states In advertising.
It may be added that a little more than
25 per cent of all the general advertisers
of the country center their business in
this city. But an appreciation of the
importance, or rather the necessity, of ad
vertising is growing in other parts of
the country, and has been especially no
table since the present era of business
expansion set In. Prosperity not only
stimulates old wants, bui creates new
ones. And those who are in. keen com
petition to meet those wants find that
only by constant advertising can they
hope to succeed.
1
.SAVING CUBA'S FACE.
When That Is Done, All Else Will
Be Well.
Kansas City Star.
The rejection of the Piatt stipulations
by the- Cuban convention need occasion
no deep concern. The matter will be ad
justed by negotiations eventually and the
Cubans will agree to substantially the
same provisions which they have now
technically rejected.
The Patt amendment to the Army ap
propriation bill was carefully worded to
avoid giving the Cubans offense, and its
provisions were advantageous to the new
government. It called on Cuba to ac
cept explicitly the Monroe doctrine.
Three of the seven provisions of the
amendment were simply a direct applica
tion of the doctrine to the Island. Cuba
was asked to agree not to enter into any
treaty with foreign countries that would
tend to impair Its Independence. Its
pledge was sought not to mortgage its
Independence to other countries, as Egypt
did. It was asked to recognize the right
of the United States to intervene to pro
tect life and property in the event of dis
order. These three provisions indicated
frankly what the United States would
have had to insist upon in accordance
'with Its established hemisphere policy.
They are no menaces to Cuban Independ
ence. The remaining articles of the Piatt
amendment called for the respecting of
the rights acquired under the United
States occupation, the continuation of
sanitary precautions, negotiations over
the Isle of Pines and the leasing of coal
ing stations to this Government. Any ex
ceptions to these provisions must be
based on sentimental, rather than rea
sonable grounds. The only return which
the United States asked for its services
in liberating Cuba was the privilege of
leasing coaling stations. It did not even
ask that such stations be ceded to It.
The Island government, after its estab
lishment, could hardly refuse such a re
quest. The trouble Is that the susceptibilities
of the Cubans were wounded by the form
in which the Piatt amendment came to
them. They have all the attributes of the
Spaniards In whom pride Is a dominant
characteristic. The idea tat the law was
laid down for them by the United States
Congress was too much for their self
esteem. Their pride demanded they be
consulted as a theoretically equal party.
Accordingly,' they will send a committee
to Washington to negotiate with Con
gress. Their envoys, after proposals and
counter-proposals, will doubtless graceful
ly agree to what is practically the Piatt
amendment. Only the wording will be dif
ferent. This means of "saving the face"
has long been familiar to politicians. It
should not cause serious trouble between
Cuba and the United States.
AMUSEMENTS.
Perhaps It Is the pastoral'surroundlngs
of the city folk who are driven back to
Eden in the last act, perhaps It is the
charming love story, the happy ending of
which is so cleverly held back from the
audience to the last; but whatever may
be the reason, it is certain that no play
is so continually loved by the Portland
friends of the Neill company as "A Bach
elor's Romance." Were they to an
nounce before coming to Portland that
they would play that and that only for a
week, they would be assured of crowded
houses every night, and every house would
be as appreciative and enthusiastic as the
big one which seemed to think It was In
the theater last night for the especial
purpose of demanding curtain calls In a
voice that came from parquet, balcony
and gallery as from a single throat.
There is an indescribable charm about
every scene of "A Bachelor's Romance."
The characters are all good, whole-souled
people, some of whom, It Is true, do dSs
agreeable things now and then, but have
the grace to come to the penitent form
before the final curtain blots them out.
And the comedy is that subtle kind that
leads an unsuspecting audience to the
brink of tears before they are aware, and
then whisks away to laughter, which is
all the more grateful. That wavering
line between humor and pathos Is often
blurred, but It is still there, and the au
dience seldom crosses very far into the
vale of tears.
The changes that have been made in
the cast affect the play, a3 such, not at
all. John W. Burton Is not so harsh and
crabbed a Martin Beggs as his predecessor,
but he is nevertheless all one looks for
In that quaint old character. Donald
Bowles makes thebest Savage yet seen
here in the part, and Frank E. Camp, as
Gerald Holmes, wears an air of easy
grace and familiarity with the ways of
the world which become the role perfectly.
Maude T. Gordon is a pretty Harriet, and
Scott Seaton a good Harold.
Of course, Mr. Neill, as David Holmes,
and Julia Dean, as his ward, Sylvia, di
vide tne honors between them, and there
Is an abundant portion for each. Mr.
Neill must know his lines backward by
this time, but he does not allow himself
for a minute to read or act carelessly, and
his performance Is still one of the things
which his friends are most likely to re
member him by. Miss Dean Is the same
sweet, little Sylvia as ever, which Is the
highest compliment possible to pay her.
Miss Chapman, as Helen LeGrande, shows
how very much a good actress can make
out of a subordinate part. Miss Clemen
tina, by Lillian Andrews, 13 all a dignified
spinster should be, and Frank MacVlcars
contributes an excellent Mulberry. To
night, "Under Two Flags."
"Mrs. Partington and Her Son, Ike."
"Mrs. Partington and Her Son. Ike,"
a rather hilarious farce-comedy, with
most of the accent on the farce, kept a
good house laughing all the evening at
Cordray's last night. The affair can
hardly be called a play, as It Is simply a
number of characters endeavoring to
please, each after his own style, and,
measured by the laughter they evoked,
wn considerable success. Mr Elleford
made a ludicrous Mrs. Partington, and
Miss Norton a lively and energetic Ike.
The remainder of the cast did what they
had to do acceptably. The play will be
the bill for the rest of the week.
"Under Two Flags" Tonight.
"Under Two Flags," the play adapted
from Oulda's novel, which has proved
such a success in New York, will be pre
sented by the Neill company at the Mar
quam tonight. The scenery Includes a
wonderfully realistic sand storm, and the
production will be given with the fault
lessness which characterizes everything
Mr. Neill does.
Let the Civil Service Law Alone.
Chicago Tribune.
The bill so to amend the civil servicer
law as to give to men who served In the
SDanlsh-American War the same prefer
ence enjoyed by veterans of the Civil
War, ought not to pass. A similar bill
was Introduced In. the .National House of
Representatves at the last session, and
met with no favor there. It was said In
the course of debate that If the 225,000 men
who enlisted to serve In the Spanish
American War were put at the head of
the list when able to pass an examina
tion at all, there would be no room for
civilians. It was contended that the ob
ject of the civil service rules was to as
certain the fitness of candidates for places
under the Government, and not to provide
for the absorption of all these places by a
particular class of men. The men who
served In the War of the Rebellion have
special privileges under the National and
the Chicago civil service laws. With
this no fault Is found, and, indeed, com
paratively few of them take examinations.
If the young men who enlisted to serve
In Cuba or the Philippines were to be fa
vored in the same way as the old men
who dla "their fighting 40years ago, there
would be no chance for others, no matter
how much better qualified they might be.
The Intent of the civil service law would
be defeated.
Tolstoi.
New York Tribune.
A few days ago we were solemnly as
sured that the Russian Government had
sent Count Tolstoi to the frontier under
Cossack escort, and had doomed him to
lifelong exile. Now word comes with
equal cock-sureness that Count Tolstoi
is under police surveillance to prevent
his leaving Russia. Between the two
stories the discriminating reader may take
his unembarrassed choice.
Whatever his fate, however. Count Tol
stoi will get little sympathy from the
right-thinking part of the world. The
man who In the name of religion upholds
and champions of the cantankerous besti
ality of the Doukhobortsls can have little
claim upon the moral sentiment of man
kind. And the man who insists that "pa
triotism produces only lies, violence, mur
der, and is one of the dreadfullest evils
of the world," Is not to be regarded as a
hero and martyr If he Is cither impris
oned In or exiled from the country which
perhaps above all others Is most In need
of a spirit of genuine patriotism.
Value of Fire Drill.
Baltimore American.
The advantage of a systematic fire drill
for school children was shown Thursday
In Philadelphia. Fire broke out In an
adjoining building, and under ordinary
circumstances the result would have been
a panic among the 800 pupils assembled
under one roof. In two minutes the
building was emptied of Its precious hu
man contents. Mr. Charles H. Brelsford,
the principal, had overcome the old ob
jections to the fire drill by making It an
every-day Incident of the dismissal from
school. Accordingly, when the emergency
arose, the children had been prepared for
It without the expenditure of so much
as an extra hour In drilling. The Inci
dent carries a lesson to the school au
thorities throughout the country.
What the Sonth Can Do.
Atlanta Constitution.
The importance of Southern manufac
turers of cotton goods going Into all lines
of manufacture, Instead of confining their
efforts to one line wherein they become
competitors with one another, has been
many times emphasized by those most
familiar with the field. The advice Is
wise, for It is certainly true that the mills
here at the cotton fields should produce
everything that is manufactured from
the cotton and cane. There are lines as
yet practically untouched In which cot
ton manufacturers can find opportuni
ties for a remunerative market Despite
the great growth of the Industry In, the
past decade. It is still comparatively In
its infancy, l
NOTE AND COMMENT. '
In spite of Agulnaldo'e long suit of
diamonds, Uncle Sam's club holds ovar
him.
About the only thing that is growing In
this April weather Is the deflolenoy if
precipitation.
England has resolved to borrow 60,000j
000. Perhaps Mr. Morgan crossed the
Atlantic to look at her security.
From present indications. It looks as If
Funston would have to be recalled and
sent on a still hunt for Roosevelt
"The day is done." wrote the pet.
And we read his line" with awe.
For before he wrote about it
We thought that it was raw.
The Colorado woman who was arrested
for repeating was probably merely fol
lowing the feminine Instinct to get In the
last vote.
Of course General Miles wants to be
President solely because of the oppor
tunity It will give him to show favors to
General Corbln.
Minister Wu Ting Fang has advised
Emperor "William not to talk too muoh.
It Is not known whether or not Wu
pointed to himself as a horrible example.
Why worry about what to do with
Aguinaldo? We should remember the fun
damental law which says "finders Is
keepers" and let Funston have him.
Glasgow is thinking of owning Its own
saloons'. Here Is a city which cares ab
solutely nothing for the opinions of Mrsv
Nation and John G. Woolley. Let Con
gress profit by its example.
The German Emperor and the Czar are
made rather unhappy by the propensity
of their subjects to throw things at tham.
but they should console themselves with
the reflection that they are compleely
beyond the Jurisdiction of Alfred Austin.
When Ellhu Root became Secretary of
War he signed his name in full to all
official papers. It recently occurrsd to
him, a Washington correspondent saya.
that by abbreviating "Ellhu" he could
save a great deal of time, and now all
official papers emanating from the War
Department bear the signature of "B.
Root." The Secretary does not like the
blunt appearance, but time is valuable,
especially since the additional work of
reorganizing the Army has demanded that
he sign his name many times a day.
"Tour hair is dry," said the barber.
Better let me put a little Eau de Am
bergris on It."
"Nop," returned the customer, "s' all
right."
"Have It singed then. You know singe
ing seals up the end3, keeps the fluids
from escaping and retains the natural
moisture In the scalp. It will take ma
only"
"Nop."
"How would you like a shampooZ It
will promote the circulation at the roots
of the hair, and impart a fresh and in
vigorating activity to"
"Nop."
"Ah! well, a little sea foam. Just a
touch you know, to moisten the scalp
after the hair Is cut."
I don't want a hair cut I came here
for a shave. When I begin to get bald
I shall get another wig."
And the barber, who had been whetting
his razor, shaved the customer without
another word. ,
The manifold "uses to which the tele
phone may be put are well illustrated in
the domestic arrangements of a promi
nent young Philadelphia lawyer. He la
the father of two boys, aged 4 and 6,
who, It is said, could give Helen's ba
bies, of revered memory! cardls and
spades and beat them at their own game.
The mother has reached the stage where
she can no longer do anything with them;
but for their father they have a pro
found respect, not unmixed with awe.
"When your father comes home you
shall have a good whipping," has been
an expression of almost dally occurrence.
This state of affairs, however, was not
very pleasant for the father, who felt
a hesitancy about punishing the young
sters for their misdeeds during his ab
sence. Finally the mother hit upon an
other plan, which Is now In active opera
tion. There 13 a telephone In the house,
and when one of the boys becomes ob
streperous he is marched to the 'phone.
The father is- called up at his office, the
offense is explained, and the youngster
receives a reprimand over the wire the
receiver being held to his ear. The boys
recognize the stern voice, and the mys
tery of it all strikes terror to their
hearts.
PLEASANTRIES OF PAUAGRAPHERS
Absent Treatment. The Caller And so
you're going abroad. For your health ? "Oh,
not for my health; for my husband's.. I am
going to give him absent treatment: Life.
Nell So she's twenty-seven, eh? How did
you find out? Belle I asked her. "Yen don't
mean to say she -told you?" "Yes; I asked
her at what age she thought a girl should
marry." Philadelphia Record.
Missis Isn't that the postman. Mary? Who's
gone to the door? Mary Please, ma'am, oook.
has. Missis Well, what's she suclr a lone
time for? Mary Please, ma'am, I think it
must be a post-card. Plck-Me-Up.
No Difference. "Mamma, if Mr. Ooldsnap
proposes to me tonight, shall I say 'yes' at
once, or keep him waiting?" "Batter hold
him off. my dear. Tell him you must ask
me." "But I might Just aa well tell him
yes.' "Detroit Free Press.
Client That little house you sent mo to se
is in a most scandalous condition. It Is 00
damp that moss positively grows on the walls.
House Agent Well, Isn't moss good enough
for you? What do you expect at tha rent
orchids? Tlt-Blta.
The Tramp Give us a chance, guv'nor! t
bin follerin ypr fer ',alf an hour, reckonln
you couldn't smoke ver cigar too short wlv a,
mustarsher like that. An' now. blow me. if
jou alnf goin' to finish it in your clgar
'olderl Glasgow Evening "Times,
"Wifely Solicitude. "Well." said an Evans
ton lady to her husband, who had occasion to
to so In to Chicago the other night; "hadnft
you better leave your watch and diamond
stud at home? I'd never get over it if you
were knocked down and robbed in the street
ith so many valuabio things on you." Chi
cago Tisaes-Heraid.
A Dangerous Accomplishment.
"Washington Star.
There dwell3 near me a little kid
That's learnin' how to talk.
He tries to do as he is bid
An' does his best to walk. ,
An If I thought that he'd receive
Advice. I'd give him some.
And that would be to make believe
That he was deaf and dumb.
I'd tell him to quit practicing
His "ah goo" by the hour;
To smile an" never do a thing
But blossom like a flower. t
I'd show to him how often men
Go olldln' down luck's hill
By simply sayln something when
They ought to have kep still.
It's kind o hard, when you have tried
Tosteer aright your bark
To see your fragile hopes collide
Agin some fool remark.
If I was him I'd change this bent.
Nor try to rise above
My present state, but be content '
To live an' lough aa' love.
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